Japanese wartime airstrip.
At the end of the war, towards the end of 1945
a number of aircraft made up of Japanese Navel and Japanese Air
force planes wre brought to Tebrau. The planes were flown by Japanese
air-crews. British nationality markings and with the aconym ATAIU-SEA
were applied to them. Their where 64 aircraft selected for shipment
to the U.K. but due to limited shipping space only 4 were shipped
back. Four aircraft exported to the UK, they were: a
A6M5 Zero, Ki-46-III 5439, Ki-100 8476M and a Kyushu K9W1 Cypress (scrapped after accidetal
fire damage).